The government is appointing an inquiry to strengthen academic freedom in Sweden. The inquiry will be led by Anna-Sara Lind, Professor of Public Law at Uppsala University. The inquiry has instructions to report by 30 June 2026. www.uu.se/en/news/2025...

Flight of the Dung Beetle | Narrated by David Attenborough | Operation Dung Beetle youtu.be/Z7bY2UgLrH8?... via @YouTube

Science must protect thinking time in a world of instant communication www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What an impact! “The Business Case for Investing in Biodiversity Data” is cited in the TNFD recommendations for upgrading the nature data value chain for market participants, released COP30, São Paulo, Brazil tnfd.global/publication/...

100 years on, quantum mechanics is redefining reality—with us at the center | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Last week at #LivingData2025, I had the opportunity to meet so many inspiring people and learn about the incredible work advancing biodiversity data collection, standardisation, and mobilisation! www.linkedin.com/posts/fevziy...

Yesterday at ANDI - Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia, I spoke about the business case for investing in biodiversity data. Biodiversity data is a timeless asset, and it’s time we start valuing and financing it as such: www.linkedin.com/posts/fevziy...

I’ll be presenting “The business case for investing in biodiversity data” in the symposium: “Business sector & biodiversity data: towards a nature-positive future.” Thanks to Planetary Biology at SciLifeLab for their generous sponsorship! #livingdata2025 More info: livingdata2025.com/sessions.htm...

Episode 8 of #BiodiversityImpactPodcast is live! I speak with Dr Ivon Hassel, founder of StoryBranch, on how storytelling, science and art can inspire kids to connect with nature. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2OYO...

This episode #BiodiversityImpactPodcast Associate Professor Dr. Fiffy Saikim, Director of the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation at Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Her message: sustainability = harmony between people, planet & economy: “Don’t be ego — be eco” open.spotify.com/episode/4UdI...

This episode #BiodiversityImpactPodcast features Dr. Caroline Dingle, evolutionary ecologist at Capilano University in Vancouver, Canada. Recorded in Borneo’s Danum Valley, she shares research on duetting birds, Asian songbird trade &the endangered helmeted hornbill. open.spotify.com/episode/5uYe...

This episode #BiodiversityImpactPodcast features Dr. Anna Goldman, a Naturalist and Biodiversity Scientist currently working as the lead natural history museum curator at California Polytechnic University in Humboldt, USA. Follow Anna on Instagram: @annabumblebee open.spotify.com/episode/7ua6...

Uppsala University donated yesterday to our Museum hundreds of zoology posters previously used for teaching, most of them dating back to 1840-1890s ! What a treasure! I can't wait to sort them 🤩

In this podcast episode of 'Biodiversity Impact', scientist Julio Díaz from the Museum of Evolution (Uppsala University) talks about his journey, his job and, of course, sponges 🙂

Inside Academia’s Broken System: The Lawsuit That Changes Everything youtu.be/3Si-UHkAT_A?... via @YouTube

#BiodiversityImpactPodcast Prof. Tim Bonebrake, a global change & tropical conservation biologist, shares what drew him to the field, his inspirations, challenges & what’s ahead, including his new popular science book about crime & pangolins. Listen here! open.spotify.com/episode/1GZe...

Fill your hearts: Itzhak Perlman & John Williams - Por Una Cabeza, Carlos Gardel www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAKj...

Biodiversity Impact: A podcast about people, planet & profit. Dr Julio A Díaz, marine biologist at Uppsala University’s Museum of Evolution, talks about sponge taxonomy, how he came to it, what the field demands, and why naming species still matters. open.spotify.com/episode/085Y...

I’m looking to raise 40,000 SEK/~€3,500 to attend Living Data 2025, Bogotá, where I’ll present the business case for investing in biodiversity data! If you know of any travel funding, grants, or independent sponsorship, I’d be truly grateful for your recommendations www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Excited to be back in Hong Kong for the Ecology and Biodiversity Seminar Series! Come along today: Friday 27th June @ 16:00 in room 3N01 - #HongKongUniversity - where I will talk about the business case for investing in biodiversity data! #HongKong #Biodiversity #BiodiversityData #BiodiversityImpact

Huge thanks to Professor Louise Ashton for running an exceptional field course and bringing together a great team of museum and university experts, providing diverse perspectives, to stimulate and support the learning about “Tropical Ecosystems in a Changing World.” www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Please share our new fundraising initiative, Biodiversity Beyond Linnaeus, as widely as possible! Our goal is to raise 100 million SEK to engage biodiversity experts at Uppsala University Evolutionsmuseet. Find out more at www.biodiversitybeyondlinnaeus.com Follow www.linkedin.com/company/biod...

Uppsala University, Blåsenhus, lärosal 13:028-7 May, 15:15 – 16:30: Mehmet Somel, Human Past Senior Fellow 2024-25, professor of biology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara: his group generated 30 new paleogenomes from six settlements in West & Central Anatolia dating back c.10,000-8,000 yrs.

Two teens and 5,000 ants: how a smuggling bust shed new light on a booming trade www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ecological impacts of biological invasions are so numerous & diverse, it's a mess +, we often mix mechanisms & impacts, causes & consequences So, we created a structured typology of these impacts. Now that it's done, it looks simple & obvious 🤓 read&share🙏 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1k%7EhNcZ3...

Uppsala University Evolutionsmuseet Research: Hundreds of snakes from around the world to be examined – looking for deadly fungal disease @paccardenas.bsky.social www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...

I like to keep this Maori Proverb in mind when there's lots to do: Mauri mahi, mauri ora :) "Do the mahi, get the treats" (through work, we prosper) kupu.maori.nz/kupu/Mauri-m...

Best Practices for Reference Genome Generation - register here! training.scilifelab.se/events/best-...

Through our partnership with DataCamp more than 500 courses are available to support those working with biodiversity #data. 🐸 Learn about applying for a DataCamp license here: 🔗gbif.link/datacampdo...#data. #DCDonates #OnlineLearning

Ants and termites make up approx 1% of insect species but more than 50% of the biomass. Thanks for a nice chat Dylan! Check out acceleratormedia.org youtube.com/shorts/-7tEk...

New study from Uppsala University: fewer women want to have children - 30 years of repeated cross-sectional surveys www.uu.se/nyheter/2025...

Museomics: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Inaugural lecture "Science and Governance for the Planet" with the Zennström visiting professors: Monday 7 April 2025 14:15 - 17:30 @uu.se climatechangeleadership.blog.uu.se/event/inaugu...

Das Insektensterben hält ungebremst an - kein Ende in Sicht. Eine Gefahr für Natur & Ernährung- auch für Landwirte. Was machen die neuen Koalitionäre? Sie versprechen Subventionen für Agrardiesel, auf dass noch mehr gespritzt wird. Zu Naturschutz indes kein Wort. www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/insek...

Sounds of the underground reflect soil biodiversity dynamics across a grassy woodland restoration chronosequence - Robinson - 2024 - Journal of Applied Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests | Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Counting insects urplay.se/program/2290...

Cop16 countries strike crucial deal on nature despite global tensions www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great video: Academia Is Beyond Broken - And No One Wants to fix it! Super inefficient admin burdens. youtu.be/oE_u98TaPSQ?... via @YouTube

Fantastic to host researcher Dr Junho Yoon at Evolutionsmuseet entomology collections as part of the SKERIC program! We chatted away about Linnaeus, how new technology and societal impact relies on taxonomic knowledge & the worrying global decline of natural history collections.

"We need an economy that is in service of the web of life..." 🌱🕸️ Listen to our Director, Prof Nathalie Seddon, on what good looks like for #NaturebasedSolutions... how they can support #TransformativeChange, help address #ClimateChange & more! 👇 @oxfordsmithschool.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

Lower ungulate population density in rainforests under anthropogenic influences 🦌 Highlights how threats such as 👉Poaching 📉 👉Predation by domestic dogs 🐕 👉Disease transmission 🧪 👉Disturbance by wild boar 🐗 ...may potentially lead to species extinction 🌏 🔗 https://buff.ly/4b0tJ5f

Tropical cities as windows into the ecosystems of our present and future - Bonebrake - 2025 - Biotropica - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Very pleased to share our new preprint: The business case for investing in biodiversity data: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Biodiversity and the private sector – GBIF Sweden’s engagement www.gbif.se/news/2025/bi...

Never tired of being amazed by the birds of paradise from Papua New Guinea 🤩This is a male 'Arfak astrapia', living in the Arfak mountains in West Papua. Very little is know about its biology and behavior. #evolutionsmuseet #museumofevolution

Fantastic!!

What is Dyslexia? youtu.be/gtFKNPrJhJ4?... via @YouTube

Frank Biermann and Aarti Gupta new Zennström Professors of Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University www.uu.se/en/news/2025...

A massive meta-analysis of 30+ years of research shows that within-population genetic diversity is declining, and impacted by human activities. This has significant implications for the resilience of populations and ecosystems www.nature.com/articles/s41...